diff --git a/requirements/requirements-llm.txt b/requirements/requirements-llm.txt
index 8935cb159..9bc21d251 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-llm.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-llm.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # optimum-amd[brevitas] @ git+https://github.com/huggingface/optimum-amd.git@main
 tqdm
-transformers
+transformers[sentencepiece]==4.45.2
diff --git a/src/brevitas_examples/common/accelerate_utils/accelerate.py b/src/brevitas_examples/common/accelerate_utils/accelerate.py
index 24c420f9f..ead616ed2 100644
--- a/src/brevitas_examples/common/accelerate_utils/accelerate.py
+++ b/src/brevitas_examples/common/accelerate_utils/accelerate.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2023, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
-
 import logging
 from typing import Dict, Mapping, Optional, Union